The purpose of this article is to highlight strategies that early childhood educators can share with families in an effort to prevent challenging behavior during transitions both inside and outside the home.
In this article, I aim to share my experiences—as a former preschool teacher and as a preschool parent—to help educators broaden their views on the home-toschool transition process.
Using books as inspiration for nurturing children’s early math language and understanding of math concepts is a natural fit for early education settings.
Although researchers no longer adhere to the notion of fixed stages of development (Siegler 2016), the norms Gesell established are still used today by psychologists, educators, and pediatricians to predict developmental changes.
Advocating for policies, laws, and regulations that affect children in a local context is very personal and emotional. At the local level, perhaps more than at the state or national levels, it takes more than compelling facts to be an effective advocate.
The five key components of creating a caring community of learners, as defined by NAEYC, provide examples of activities early childhood educators can incorporate through the year to build community; and highlight how the activities benefit all.
Authored by
Authored by:
Melissa A. Sreckovic, Tia R. Schultz, Christine K. Kenney, Harriet Able
Thanks to a nationwide parent education initiative called Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR), an increasing number of librarians are focusing on helping parents interact with their young children in meaningful ways to increase vocabulary development.
Authored by
Authored by:
Donna C. Celano, Jillian J. Knapczyk, Susan B. Neuman
Frances Rust uses American philosopher John Dewey’s idea of “soul-life” to frame her review of several teacher research studies published in Voices of Practitioners.
Nuestras conversaciones me dejaron sorprendida por el compromiso considerable que Suecia ha hecho con garantizar que todos los niños en su país tengan acceso al aprendizaje temprano de calidad superior.
In conversations, I was struck by the substantial commitment Sweden has made to ensure all young children in that country have access to high-quality early learning.
Mi misión personal es una de empoderar a los educadores de la primera infancia y animar su participación en la abogacía, la formación de políticas y la investigación.
In this article, we describe what we learned from our yearlong observation of children’s transitions from the infant to the toddler classroom at a university-based child care center (where the first author serves as faculty director).
In a recent study, my research colleagues and I found multiple benefits for children, families, and caregiving staff when COC is successfully implemented.
